Staff The team results, as a whole, didn’t have them near the top of the charts. But plenty of individual members of the Muskie track-and-field squad established themselves as credible contenders at the season-opening Bronco Booster Track & Field Invite varsity meet Thursday at Falls High School. The black-and-gold girls’ […]
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Conrad DueckSubmitted by When the Fort Frances Men’s Basketball season began back on November first, the goal was to come out, play some good basketball, get a workout, and have fun. As the season progressed and standings came out, eyes started to shift to what playoff match-ups could look like. […]
Staff A Fort Frances team, comprised of players from the local Borderland Soccer League, walked away with the Super 8 Super Cup tournament championship on Saturday in Kenora. The local squad struggled mightily at last year’s tourney but rolled to victory this time around. • • • Two Fort Frances […]
Staff The Northwestern Ontario Norskies were the lowest-ranked team in their division but still stared the biggest dog in the yard in the face and nearly got away without being bitten. Facing the top-ranked Kingston Volleyball Club, the 28th-seeded Norskies went tooth-and-nail before finally falling 2-1 (25-22, 22-25, and 15-13) […]
Joey Payeur Brenda Hanzuk walked down the aisle of one of hockey’s historic buildings for the very last time with what was even better than a Stanley Cup ring on her finger–ensuring it won’t be her last time walking down an aisle. The Fort Frances resident and now fiancé Brad […]
Joey Payeur The badminton teams for the Muskies and Owls had such a great time away from home the past two weeks, many of the members chose to make another road trip. There are plenty of representatives from both schools at the NorWOSSA finals being held today in Kenora after […]
Joey Payeur They have come by the dozens–spanning six grades and even coming from other sports. There’s no pigeon-holing the roster of this year’s Muskie track-and-field team as roughly 40 athletes have arrived on scene to give coach John Dutton his largest and most multi-dimensional contingent in many seasons. “Last […]
Joey Payeur Matt Spence has spent the last two seasons seeing hockey from different perspectives. And he’s become very good at both playing the puck and policing the play. The 13-year-old Fort Frances resident was informed he’s this year’s recipient of the Hockey Canada Officials Program Award/Hockey Northwestern Ontario “Most […]
Allan Gushulak of Fort Frances was among the $50 winners in the Alzheimer Society of Kenora/Rainy River Districts cash calendar draw for April. Other winners include Al and Judy Johnstone (Sioux Narrows), Camilla Halverson (Nestor Falls), Heather & Brent Anderson and Rudy Chalifoux (Rainy River), and Janice Deport, Denis Caron, […]
Joey Payeur Raymond Roy made the shot he needed to. Unfortunately for him, he also provided the blueprint Steve Gushulak needed to make the same and most crucial shot. Gushulak pulled off a carbon copy of Roy’s final delivery by running Roy’s stone back far enough to score the clinching […]
Staff They started their respective days against each other and finished them the same way. The outcomes, however, were markedly different. Jevonte Phillips powered the defending regional champion Donald Young All-Stars to an 18-10 victory over the Sturgeon Creek Sturgeons in the final of the season-opening Grade 8 boys’ basketball […]
Staff Les Kaun believes if his group of players had as much time together on the ice as their eventual conqueror this past weekend, it might be a whole different story. The Borderland Rage 16U girls’ hockey team made it to the final of the “Opener” ‘AAA’ tournament in St. […]
